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Time and the the cynicism of adulthood has stripped away much of the affection I had for the cartoons of my childhood. Has the sheen of heroes and epic stories faded entirely, or was there truly great writing beneath the cheaply produced animation?

Here are the transcripted events of two original episodes of these shows. Judge for yourself whether they were truly brilliant or truly bizarre.

Still Game? is an occasional series in which I replay a game from my youth, to see if it really is as good as I remembered. This week: Rally Cross Simulator on the C64.

Writing about Rally Cross Simulator is difficult because if there's anyone reading this under the age of 20 I first I have to explain what a cassette is. Or you can just skip past that and get to the game itself. That's probably easier.

Rally Cross Simulator is really old, really difficult, and surprisingly good.

I know I'm coming late to this, but I've been thinking about the Back to the Future trilogy a lot recently and I'm not sure it entirely makes sense.

Things from our childhoods often turn out to be less good than we remember. I have fond memories of Lightwater Valley, a theme park in North Yorkshire, based on three specific things that sadly, but entirely understandably, no longer exist.

I recently stumbled upon a cartoon I used to watch as a kid and all kinds of memories started flooding back. It was an era of colourful characters, rigid action figures and impractical but very cool vehicles.

I was left wondering if the shows I remember with misty eyed nostalgia are still as good as I once thought they were. Let's find out.